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Topic: Colors

Common Core Standards: RI.K.2---With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. RI.K.7---With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear. RF.K.3a---Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. SL.K.2---Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. L.K.1a---Print many upper and lowercase letters. L.K.2c---Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). L.K.5a---Sort common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Suggested Student Objectives:
 * Identify words that begin with /f/.
 * Learn that the letter Ff stands for /f/.
 * Write the letter Ff.
 * Build background for, "What Color is Nature?"
 * Identify author's purpose.
 * Classify and categorize color words.

Suggested Additional Readings: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan Of Colors and Things by Tana Hoban A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh Color Surprises by Chuck Murphy Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Resource Links: [|A Rainbow of Colors] [|Color Activities] [|Color Recognition Pages] [|Color Game] [|Color Sort] [|Color Recognition Pages]

Activities: 1. Yellow and Blue Makes Green

Show children how to make the color green. Pour light corn syrup or shaving cream into a re-closeable plastic bag. Add drops of blue and yellow food coloring into the bag, seal the bag, and tip it back and forth to see the colors blend and turn green.

2. Color Glove Paint the fingers of a pair of white gloves the following colors: red, yellow, blue, green, and orange, so that you have two of each color. Then, sing this song: (Tune: Freres Jacques) Where is red? //(Bring one hand up with all fingers showing.)// Where is red? //(Repeat with other hand.)// Here I am, //(Wave one hand.)// Here I am. //(Wave other hand.)// Show me if you can, //(Hold hands up.)// Show me if you can. Where is red? Where is red?

3. Marker and Water Butterflies Talk to the students about how color is a a part of the science of the world. Give each student a white coffee filter and a set of red, yellow, and blue markers. Have them color the coffee filter anyway they would like, but ask them to keep the colors separate. Once the filter is colored (it doesn't have to be completely colored in) give them spray bottles of water or eye droppers and small cups of water. Have them spray or drop water on the filter and watch the colors run together and mix into purple, orange, and green. Once the filers are dry, gather each student's filter down the center and secure with a clothespin in the middle. Fan out the filter on either side of the clothespin to make butterfly wings. Talks with the students about the colors in nature and how colors are a part of the science of the world.science

4. Get a small bag of colored pom-poms and have your child sort them into different containers by color.

Assessments: Have students name objects for each of the eight main colors (red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, black and brown).

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